Hotel Topazz Vienna at Lichtensteg 3 is a five-star boutique design hotel created by the Austrian architectural firm BWM Architekten, opened in 2012 in the very heart of the first district, literally adjoining the medieval Lichtensteg square.
The property offers only 32 rooms in an intimate scale in a style of oval windows à la Adolf Loos and materials like American walnut, brass and Loden wool, the Joaquin Marià restaurant with Spanish cuisine (sister to the Brussels location), the Topazz Bar with signature Viennese cocktails and a discreet spa salon.
The Lichtensteg location places the hotel between Stephansdom and Hoher Markt, in the architectural heart of Vienna, two minutes from the cathedral and five from the Hofburg. The transfer from Vienna Schwechat Airport (VIE) usually takes 25-35 minutes over a distance of about 20 km. The standard route uses the A4, then the A23 Südosttangente with the descent to Schwedenplatz, or alternatively via Franz-Josefs-Kai directly to Lichtensteg.
After landing, your chauffeur meets you inside arrivals with a name board, assists with the luggage and walks you directly to the vehicle. Hotel Topazz has a discreet driveway at the entrance from Lichtensteg - drop-off is performed directly at the designer facade with oval windows à la Adolf Loos, a few steps from the intimate butler-concierge reception.
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The specific feature of the last leg: Lichtensteg is a narrow heritage street in the first district within a restricted traffic zone, but the hotel has a vehicle permit for guests with luggage. The chauffeur coordinates the drop-off moment with the hotel concierge - this matters in the evening when Stephansdom attracts tourists.
During peak traffic (07:00-09:00 and 16:00-18:00) the bottlenecks are the A23 Praterbrücke and Franz-Josefs-Kai - we plan 10-15 minutes of buffer. During Wiener Festwochen, the Christkindlmarkt at Stephansplatz and Vienna Design Week we add another 15-20 minutes.
Included service covers meet and greet, live flight tracking, 60 minutes of complimentary waiting after landing, luggage assistance, still and sparkling water on board and child seats on request. We also handle return transfers for very early departures after Stephansdom concerts or cultural evenings around Hoher Markt.
For couples celebrating occasions we assign Mercedes E-Class or S-Class with pearl welcome, for families V-Class. Payment is completed online by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or BLIK. Cash is not accepted.
Hotel Topazz Vienna is popular with couples seeking an intimate boutique address in the first district, connoisseurs of Viennese architecture by Adolf Loos and BWM Architekten, Stephansdom and Hoher Markt visitors and lovers of hotel design at an intimate scale.
After the airport transfer we offer full-day hourly dispatch with Mercedes E-Class or V-Class for excursions to Schloss Schönbrunn (8 km), Schloss Belvedere (3 km), Klosterneuburg, Bratislava (60 km) and to the Wachau Valley wine region and the Heuriger taverns of Grinzing.
In the evening we transport guests to Vienna restaurants - Steirereck, Tian, Konstantin Filippou, Joaquin Marià - or to concerts at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus, with the chauffeur waiting and returning to the hotel. For guests with an architectural agenda we also offer short transfers between Adolf Loos Looshaus, Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, Karlskirche and the Secession Building.